Claim something or someone from folklore! You can claim a fictional character, a real person, a location, an animal, an item, a creature, a book, a story, a building, or anything that fits folklore! Check out this section, especially under the National or ethnic pages for ideas!

Just a little note. I'll be leaving this Wednesday to go on vacation for several weeks. I want to post up a bunch of categories ahead of time, since I have no idea if I'll have time / internet connection! I'll start putting them up tomorrow and be all like flooding your flists.

So go ahead and vote on the upcoming categories. TODAY ONLY (and tomorrow, whatevs) you can nominate 2 categories and vote on 2 categories. SO GO VOTE, because it's gonna get added to the list like woah. And I want only the coolest* categories to be up there.

Claim a calendar event! This can be a certain date, a holiday, a month, or anything you'd find on a calendar. If it is a holiday, please note which country celebrates it (if only 1) or which religion celebrates it (if it's a lesser holiday).

Examples: Cinco de Mayo (Mexico); April; 100th Day. For example, if someone claims Thanksgiving (US), you may still claim Thanksgiving (Canada), since they're separate holidays. However, if someone claims Christmas - you cannot claim it from a certain country since it is practically a worldwide holiday.

If you have a question if your claim is appropriate, leave it in the comments.